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san¹
- /ˈsæn/ Canada, US, UK
- [ˈseə̯n] ~ [ˈsɛə̯n]
- /ˈsan/ British, Northern England, Scotland
- /ˈsæːn/ Australia
- [ˈseːn]
- /ˈsɛn/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æn
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σάν (sán), from a Semitic language.
noun sans
- An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.
san²
- /ˈsæn/ Canada, US, UK
- [ˈseə̯n] ~ [ˈsɛə̯n]
- /ˈsan/ British, Northern England, Scotland
- /ˈsæːn/ Australia
- [ˈseːn]
- /ˈsɛn/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æn
Where it comes from
Shortening of sanatorium.
noun sans
- A sanatorium. "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San."
San³
Rhymes with -æn
Where it comes from
As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s.
noun Saan
-
Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
Similar: Bushmen
proper noun
- Any of the languages spoken by these people.
San⁴
Rhymes with -æn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Polish San.
proper noun
- A river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine.
SAN⁵
noun SANs
- Acronym of storage area network
- Acronym of system area network
- Acronym of Subject Alternative Name
- Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin
- Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer
- Acronym of sinoatrial node
proper noun
- Initialism of Straight Arrow News SAN asked Sanger if, instead of allowing more sources that are deemed less reliable by media watchdogs, they should make the standards stricter and ban more outlets that have a lower reliability rating.
SAn⁶
noun SAns
- Abbreviation of South African On average it is possible that an Afrikaner is more racist than an Anglo white SAn, I have met many racist white English South Africans.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: quin, tome, santo, holy, saint, santa, sacred, pdo, new, sane, newly, dan, sun, oka, cio, without
Translations
Talk about this word "san." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/san. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. san. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/san "san." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/san.Cite this
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title = {san},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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